EP0109221B1 - High-strength austenitic steel - Google Patents

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EP0109221B1
EP0109221B1 EP83306615A EP83306615A EP0109221B1 EP 0109221 B1 EP0109221 B1 EP 0109221B1 EP 83306615 A EP83306615 A EP 83306615A EP 83306615 A EP83306615 A EP 83306615A EP 0109221 B1 EP0109221 B1 EP 0109221B1
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Norio Yamada
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  • the present invention relates to a high-strength austenitic steel and, more particularly, to a high-strength heat-resisting austenitic steel suitable for use as the material of turbine casing and valves of a super critical pressure steam turbine which operates with steam of extremely high temperature and pressure, as well as the material of reaction furnace of chemical equipment which operates at high temperature such as, for example, a styrene monomer synthesizing tower.
  • the steam turbine of a modern steam power plant operates at a steam temperature between 538°C and 566°C.
  • the turbine casing and valve bodies of steam turbines operable at such a high steam temperature are made from Cr-Mo-V cast steels which exhibit high resistance to heat.
  • This type of heat-resisting cast steel undesirably exhibits grain boundary slip at temperatures above 550°C and, hence, an extremely low creep strength. For this reason, this type of cast steel cannot be used at high steam temperatures above 600°C.
  • heat-resisting austenitic steels such as SUS 304, SUS 316, SUS 321 and SUS 347 as specified in JIS (Japanese Industrial Standard) are used suitably at high steam temperatures exceeding 600°C. More specifically, the steels SUS 304 and SUS 316 show a 10 5- hour creep rupture strength of 6 Kg/mm 2 or less at 650°C. Considering that a 10 5- hour creep rupture strength of 7.7 Kg/mm 2 or higher is required for the steam conditions of 600 to 650°C and pressure of 316 to 352 atg., the steels SUS 304 and SUS 316 cannot be used under such severe conditions.
  • Japanese Patent Laid-Open Nos. 109421/77 and 158853/81 disclose addition of strong carbide formers such as Nb, Ti, Zr, V, etc. to heat-resisting austenitic steel to improve the high-temperature strength of such steel.
  • These references do not show or suggest any relationship between AI and N.
  • the present inventors have found that these elements added to the steel show higher stability in the form of nitrides or carbonitrides than in the form of carbides, so that these elements tend to form nitrides or carbonitrides such as NbN, TiN, ZrN, Nb(C, N), Ti(C, N), and Zr(C, N). These nitrides and carbonitrides are substantially insoluble in the matrix.
  • these nitrides or carbonitrides exist in the form of large pyramidal crystals within the grains and grain boundaries, partly because the alloy elements tend to show segregation and partly because the rate of solidification of the ingot is low. These nitrides and carbonitrides, therefore, do not make any contribution to the increase in the strength of the alloy and, hence, the strength of the steel is not increased substantially by the addition of these carbide formers.
  • the heat-resisting austenitic steels strengthened by the addition of appreciable amounts of Nb, Ti, Zr and B can form comparatively small ingots having satisfactory strength because such an ingot can easily be treated at a high solid solution temperature.
  • Nb, Ti, Zr and B exhibits impractically low strength due to the fact that most of these additives is consumed by forming nitrides and carbonitrides.
  • the creep rupture strength is low particularly in large-size ingot due to the segregation of alloy elements.
  • nitrides and carbonitrides exist in the grain boundaries near the cracks, so that they adversely affect the fatigue life because the crack propagates from the surface.
  • coarse nitrides and carbonitrides is unsuitable for the material of a steam turbine and a valve body which undergoes not only creep but also thermal fatigue due to the repeated starting and stopping of a steam turbine.
  • Alloys having high Cr and Ni contents such as incolloy 800, 15-15N and G18B are known as materials having high strength at high temperature.
  • large-size steel products such as steam turbine casing, chemical equipment or the like formed by melting from such alloys are unsatisfactory in the strength, toughness, castability, plastic workability and weldability, because of the coarse precipitates as explained before.
  • the present invention aims as its primary object at providing an austenitic steel in which the formation of nitrides and carbonitrides of carbide formers which are added in very small amounts is prevented to ensure high strength of the steel without impairing the properties such as weldability, castability and plastic workability.
  • the invention aims at providing an austenitic steel exhibiting superior castability, plastic workability and weldability and usable as a cast material suitable for the turbine casing and valve bodies used in steam turbines which operate with steam of high temperature of 600 to 650°C and high pressure of 31.9 to 35.6 MPa (316 to 352 atg.), as well as forged material suited to chemical equipments which are subjected to high temperatures above 600°C.
  • a high strength austenitic steel having a fully austenite structure and consisting of
  • the invention aims to maximize the effects of addition of very small amounts of one or more of Ti, Nb, V, Zr and B so as to remarkably improve the strength of heat-resisting austenitic steel. Since these elements are added only in very small amounts, if the steel contains nitrogen most of these elements are consumed in forming pyramidal coarse precipitates and, therefore, these elements do not make any substantial contribution to the strengthening of the steel. The present inventors have found that this impediment caused by the nitrogen to the strengthening of the steel is caused when the amounts of addition of these elements are very small.
  • the C content should be at least 0.06 wt% in order adequately to improve the tensile strength at room temperature, high-temperature strength and creep rupture strength through formation of carbides.
  • the C content is selected in the range between 0.06 wt% and 0.15 wt%, preferably between 0.06 wt% and 0.13 wt%.
  • Si is an important element which is added as deoxidizer during melting. A satisfactory effect is produced by addition of not greater than 1.5 wt% of Si. An Si content exceeding 1.5 wt%, however, lowers the toughness, weldability and creep rupture strength, while increasing the creep rate. The Si content, therefore, should be 1.5 wt% or less, preferably between 0.4 wt% and 1 wt%.
  • Mn is an important element which serves, like the case of Si, as a deoxidizer during melting and also as an element which improves the hot-workability. Addition of Mn in excess of 2.5 wt%, however, is not preferred because such large Mn content impairs the corrosion resistance and oxidation resistance of the steel.
  • the upper limit of Mn content therefore, should be 2.5 wt%.
  • An Mn content between 1 and 2 wt% is preferable.
  • Ni is also an important element for forming austenite structure. Ni content less than 8 wt% permits the formation of ferrite and causes a formation of martensite structure by a cold plastic working to make the austenite structure unstable. On the other hand, addition of 10 wt% or more of Ni improves the corrosion resistance of the steel. For these reasons, the Ni content in the steel of the invention should be 10 wt% or higher. However, addition of Ni in excess of 20 wt% undesirably decreases the hot workability and impairs the strengthening effect produced by addition of very small amounts of carbide formers. The Ni content in the steel of the invention should be 15 wt% or less.
  • Cr is an important element effective in improving the high-temperature strength, corrosion resistance and oxidation resistance. These effects become appreciable when the Cr content is 13 wt% or higher. However, addition of Cr in excess of 25 wt% deteriorates the weldability and unfavourably promotes the formation of ferrite phase to allow the formation of sigma phase during long heating at high temperature to promote embrittlement. The Cr content, therefore, should not exceed 25 wt%. Considering that any increase in the Cr content increases the thermal expansion coefficient and, hence, the thermal stress, the Cr content is selected preferably to fall within the range between 15 wt% and 20 wt%.
  • AI shows a high affinity to nitrogen so that it reacts with the nitrogen in the steel to fix the same thereby to maximize the effects obtained by adding very small amounts of Ti, Nb, Zr and B which form carbides to strengthen the steel.
  • the AI content should be 0.08 wt% or greater.
  • These carbide formers form, when the steel contains N, pyramidal coarse nitrides such as NbN, TiN, ZrN and BN which impede the formation of fine carbides particularly at high temperature to impair the enhancement of creep rupture strength. By preventing the formation of these nitrides, a strengthening effect is obtained even by addition of very small amounts of these carbide formers, which is equivalent to that obtained by addition of large amounts of the same.
  • the AI content exceeds 0.25 wt%
  • the AI dissolves into the steel as metallic AI which unfavourably promotes the coarsening of the crystal grains to lower the creep rupture strength and the creep strength.
  • the AI content in the steel of the invention should not exceed 0.20 wt%.
  • the AI plays an important role as a deoxidizer in the production of large casting by melting and, therefore, is indispensable for obtaining sound steel ingot.
  • Nitrogen contained in the atmosphere is inevitably incorporated by the steel during melting.
  • the nitrogen exhibits a high affinity to Nb, Ti, Zr and B.
  • Nb, Ti, Zr and B In the steel having very small contents of Nb, Ti, Zr and B, therefore, most of these elements are consumed away because they form nitrides or carbonitrides by reaction with the nitrogen.
  • These nitrides or carbonitrides do not contribute at all to the improvement in the creep rupture strength so that the addition of Nb, Ti, Zr and B does not produce any appreciable effect. Therefore, the nitrogen is preferably precluded when these elements are added only by very small amounts. In the ordinary melting process conducted in the atmosphere, the nitrogen is involved by an amount of 0.1 wt% at the maximum.
  • the nitrogen content in the steel is ruled by the atmosphere in the melting furnace and is determined, according to experience, by the combination of the type of the furnace and the atmosphere.
  • the amount of addition of Al therefore, is selected within the range between 0.08 wt% and 0.2 wt% in accordance with the combination of the type of furnace and the atmosphere.
  • the B content should be 0.001 wt% or greater, in order to improve the creep rupture strength, elongation and reduction of area, particularly the long-time creep rupture strength.
  • the addition of B in excess of 0.01 wt% is not preferred because it impairs the weldability and hot workability.
  • the B content therefore, is selected not to exceed 0.01 wt%, preferably to fall within the range between 0.002 wt% and 0.006 wt%.
  • Nb or Zr by an amount of 0.02 wt% or more improves the creep rupture strength through the formation of stable carbides.
  • the addition of Nb or Zr in excess of 0.5 wt% impairs the castability, weldability and hot workability, as well as oxidation resistance, and forms coarse carbides to reduce the strength particularly in large-size casting.
  • the Nb or Zr content therefore, should not exceed 0.5 wt% and is preferably selected to range between 0.04 wt% and 0.4 wt%.
  • Ta produces almost the same effect as Nb, so that the Nb can be substituted by the same amount of Ta.
  • Nb contains a trace amount of Ta.
  • Ti is an element which forms stable carbide to improve the creep rupture strength when added by an amount exceeding 0.01 wt%.
  • the addition of Ti in excess of 0.2 wt% lowers the castability, weldability and hot workability and, particularly in the case of large-size casting, forms coarse carbide to decrease the strength.
  • the Ti content therefore, should not exceed 0.2 wt% and is selected preferably to range between 0.05 wt% and 0.15 wt%.
  • V in excess of 0.02 wt% improves the strength and corrosion resistance.
  • the V content therefore, should be selected not to exceed 0.6 wt%.
  • the austenitic steel in accordance with the invention contains at least one, preferably two or more, of B, Nb, Ti and V.
  • B, Nb, Ti and V When one of these elements is added solely, the long-time creep rupture strength is lowered due to precipitation of coarse carbide, although the short-time creep rupture strength is improved due to high precipitation rate of carbide at high temperature.
  • the rate of formation of carbides is smaller than that obtained when a single element is added, so that the coarsening of the carbides is suppressed to improve also the long-time creep rupture strength.
  • B+Nb, B+Nb+Ti and Nb+Ti examples of the combination of elements to be added simultaneously are: B+Nb, B+Nb+Ti and Nb+Ti. More specifically, in the combination B+Nb, i.e. when B and Nb are added simultaneously, B and Nb contents range between 0.001 wt% and 0.01 wt% and between 0.08 wt% and 0.45 wt%, respectively. More preferably, the B and Nb contents are selected to fall within the ranges between 0.003 wt% and 0.006 wt% and between 0.08 wt% and 0.12 wt%, respectively.
  • the T content, Nb content, and Ti content are selected to range between 0.002 wt% and 0.007 wt%, between 0.03 wt% and 0.25 wt%, and between 0.05 wt% and 0.12 wt%, respectively. Particularly, it is preferred that the sum of Nb and Ti contents ranges between 0.16 wt% and 0.24 wt%. In the case of the combination Nb+Ti, the Nb and Ti contents are preferably selected to range between 0.03 wt% and 0.25 wt% and between 0.05 wt% and 0.12 wt%, respectively. The sum of the Nb and Ti contents preferably ranges between 0.16 wt% and 0.24 wt%.
  • the amount of addition of Al should be optimized in relation to the nitrogen content which varies depending on the type of the melting furnace and the atmosphere in which the steel is molten.
  • a high strength is obtained when the ratio AI(wt%)/N(wt%) takes a value between 1.5 and 3.5. The highest strength is obtained when this ratio takes a value ranging between 2 and 3.
  • Al forms AIN through reaction with N.
  • the AI content by weight is 1.9 times as large as the N content. Therefore, if the AI content is 1 to 1.9 times as large as the N content, a part of N remains unfixed in the steel to react with the carbide formers to form nitrides and carbonitrides.
  • the AI content is 1.9 to 4.5 times as large as the N content, metallic AI remains in the steel as a dissolved Al.
  • a very small amount of dissolved Al effectively fixes the nitrogen which is absorbed during use in the atmosphere at high temperature thereby to contribute to the increase in the strength.
  • the AI content is below the N content, i.e.
  • the dissolved metallic AI provides, when its content is not greater than 0.012 wt%, an extremely low creep rate.
  • the creep rate is decreased as the content of dissolved AI is decreased and the best result is obtained when the content of dissolved AI is zero.
  • the content of dissolved AI should not exceed 0.012 wt%, because when it exceeds that value the creep rate becomes high drastically.
  • the content of the dissolved AI is drastically increased when the aforementioned weight ratio Al/N exceeds about 2 but the maximum value of this content is 0.014 wt%. It is, therefore, considered that the content of dissolved AI is not substantially influenced by the amount of addition of Al.
  • a proper amount of AIN formed in the steel prevents the growth of the austenite crystal grains to make them fine.
  • the addition of the AI is made in advance of the addition of the carbide formers and, preferably, also after the deoxidation.
  • the addition of Cu by an amount not greater than 4 wt% is desirable for improving the high-temperature strength.
  • the addition of Cu in excess of 4 wt% causes an embrittlement of the grain boundary at high temperature and undesirably increases the sensitivity to hot weld crack.
  • the Cu content therefore, should not exceed 4 wt%, and is preferably selected to range between 2 wt% and 2.5 wt%.
  • the steel of the invention can suitably be used for example for the turbine casing of a super critical pressure steam turbine, valve body for use in such steam turbine, and styrene synthesizing tower.
  • the turbine casing for a super critical pressure steam turbine is composed of an inner casing made from a steel of the invention and an outer casing made from a Cr-Mo-V steel, in particular a cast steel having a tempered bainite structure and consisting of 0.10 to 0.20 wt% of C, 0.15 to 0.75 wt% of Si, 0.4 to 1.0 wt% of Mn, not more than 0.35 wt% of Cu, not more than 0.5 wt% of Ni, 0.9 to 1.65 wt% of Cr, 0.8 to 1.3 wt% of Mo, 0.15 to 0.35 wt% of V and the balance Fe apart from impurities.
  • the steam comes through a main steam pipe 1 and is injected in a predetermined direction through stationary blades 3 mounted in the inner casing 2 so as to act on moving blades 5 mounted on a rotor shaft 4 to rotate the latter.
  • the steam expanded through the turbine passes through the space defined between an outer casing 6 and the inner casing 2 and is discharged through a cooled steam outlet 7, exhaust steam outlet 8 and an auxiliary steam outlet 9.
  • the steam is then forwarded to another steam turbine which operates at a lower steam temperature.
  • a reference numeral 10 designates the centers of bearings which support the rotor shaft, 11 denotes a gland, 12 denotes an intermediate grand leak outlet and 13 denotes a nozzle box.
  • the flow of steam is indicated by arrows.
  • the inner casing is made from a Cr-Ni austenitic cast steel of the invention, while the rotor shaft is made from an austenitic forged steel having higher Cr and Ni contents than the steel of the invention.
  • the outer casing is made from a Cr-Mo-V cast steel as explained before.
  • Fig. 1 shows a super critical pressure steam turbine to which the steel of the invention is applied as a material.
  • This turbine is adapted to operate with steam having a temperature of 650°C and a pressure of 34.3 MPa (350 Kg/cm 2 ).
  • a plurality of stages of moving blades 5 are mounted on the rotor shaft 4 and a plurality of stationary blades 3 fixed to the inner casing 2 are disposed between each pair of adjacent stages of the moving blades 5.
  • the inner casing 2 is provided with a plurality of projections 15, 15', 15" which fit in corresponding recesses formed in the outer casing 6 so that the inner casing 2 is fixed to the outer casing 6.
  • the inner casing is subjected to steam having a temperature of 554 to 650°C and a pressure of 19.5 to 34.3 MPa (199 to 350 Kg/cm 2 ), while the outer casing is subjected to steam having a temperature of 554°C and a pressure of 19.5 MPa (199 Kg/cm 2 ).
  • the inner casing is made by a process which has the steps of melting the material by vacuum deoxidation method, casting in a sand mold followed by a slow cooling, and effecting a solid solution treatment by heating it to and holding it at 1000 to 1100°C for 30 minutes per 1 inch of wall thickness followed by quenching by immersion in stirred water.
  • Fig. 2 is a front elevational view of a valve body used in the steam turbine.
  • This valve body also is made from a steel of the invention.
  • the steam comes into a main stop valve 23 and is introduced into the turbine through a regulating valve 22.
  • the bodies of these valves are connected by welding as at 24, 24', 24".
  • the valve bodies are made from cast steel as in the case of the inner casing and are produced by the same process as the inner casing.
  • the welding is conducted with a welding rod which produces a deposited metal having a fully austenite structure and consisting essentially of 0.03 to 0.15 wt% of C, 0.1 to 1.0 wt% of Si, 1.0 to 3.0 wt% of Mn, 8 to 13 wt% of Ni, 15to 23 wt% of Cr, not greaterthan 0.03 wt% of P, not greater than 0.03 wt% of S, 0.5 to 2.0 wt% of Co and the balance substantially Fe.
  • a stress relief annealing is conducted after the welding.
  • Fig. 3 is a front elevational view of a styrene monomer synthesizing tower, the major part of which is made from a steel of the invention.
  • the styrene monomer synthesizing tower has a styrene making vessel body 33.
  • a combustion gas inlet nozzle 31 and a gas outlet nozzle 34 are connected by welding to the centers of the upper and lower sides of the body 33.
  • a benzene inlet nozzle 32 and a benzene outlet nozzle 35 communicating with a reaction pipe in the vessel are connected to the upper and lower sides of the body 33 by welding.
  • the combustion gas of, for example, 700 to 800°C comes into the gas inlet nozzle 31.
  • the gas temperature has been lowered to 600 to 700°C when the gas leaves the vessel at the outlet nozzle 34.
  • benzene of 600 to 650°C is introduced into the reaction pipe through the benzene inlet nozzle 32 and is heated while it flows through the reaction pipe by the combustion gas flowing outside the reaction pipe. The heated benzene is discharged through the outlet nozzle 35.
  • the broken lines show the weld zones.
  • the styrene synthesizing tower of the invention is made from a forged and/or rolled sheet of a steel according to this invention.
  • the steel contains 0.5 to 4.0 wt% of Cu.
  • the styrene synthesizing tower of the invention made from the steel of the invention is fabricated by welding.
  • the welding is conducted with a welding rod which produces a deposited metal having a fully austenite structure and consisting essentially of 0.03 to 0.15 wt% of C, 0.1 to 1.0 wt% of Si, 1.0 to 3.0 wt% of Mn, 8 to 13 wt% of Ni, 15 to 23 wt% of Cr, not greater than 0.03 wt% of P, not greater than 0.03 wt% of S, and the balance substantially Fe.
  • the deposited metal may contain, in addition to these constituents, 0.5 wt% to 2.0 wt% of Co.
  • a stress relief heat treatment is conducted after the welding.
  • the steel of the invention offers the following advantages. Namely, since very small amounts of carbide formers are added to Cr-Ni austenitic steel, the weldability and the castability of the steel are not impaired. In addition, the undesirable formation of nitrides and carbonitrides of these carbide formers is effectively prevented, so that a high creep rupture strength of the austenitic steel is ensured.
  • the steel of the invention can be used for various other uses than those described, e.g. the materials for a nuclear fuel cladding tube, a cryogenic vessel and so forth.
  • Table 1 shows the chemical compositions (wt%) of samples used in a test.
  • Sample Nos. 1 to 3 and 6 to 10 show the steels of the invention, while sample Nos. 4 and 5 show the comparison steels.
  • Sample No. 11 shows a commercially available SUS 316 steel as specified by JIS. More specifically, the steels of sample Nos. 1 to 3 are cast steel produced by melting in a high frequency melting furnace and cast into ingot of 100 mm x 120 mmx200 mm, while other steels are forged steel forged at a forging ratio of 5.5. The cast steels of sample Nos.
  • Fig. 4 is a diagram showing the relationship between the 650°C, 10 5- hour creep rupture strength of a steel and the total AI content of the steel. As will be seen from this Figure, the highest creep rupture strength is observed when the total AI content is between 0.08 wt% and 0.20 wt%.
  • Fig. 5 shows the relationship between the 650°C, 10 5- hour creep rupture strength and the weight ratio (total AI/N) of the steel. It will be understood that a high creep rupture strength is obtained when the value of this weight ratio is between 1.5 and 3.5, and the highest creep rupture strength of 10.5 Kg/mm 2 or higher is obtained when the value of the ratio is between 2 and 3.
  • Table 2 shows the elongation and the reduction of area as observed after the 650°C, 1000-hour creep rupture.
  • Sample Nos. 1 to 3 which are the cast steels, inevitably show inferior elongation and reduction of area to those exhibited by other samples of forged steels.
  • Fig. 6 is a diagram showing the relationship between the creep rate and the content of dissolved AI as observed in a creep test conducted under the condition of 600°C and 5 Kg/mm 2.
  • the content of dissolved AI starts to increase drastically when the value which is obtained by subtracting a value 1.9 times as large as N content from the total Al content exceeds zero, and saturates substantially at 0.014 wt%.
  • the creep rate is drastically increased as the dissolved AI content is increased. More specifically, the creep rate takes a small value around 8x10- 4 (%/h) when the dissolved AI content is below 0.12 wt%, but drastically increases as this value of dissolved AI content is exceeded.
  • Fig. 7 is a diagram showing 650°C creep rupture curves. It will be understood from this Figure that the steels of the invention identified by the sample Nos. 1 to 3, improved by the addition of B, Nb+Ta, Ti, V and Cu, exhibit creep rupture strengths which are about 30% higher than that of the conventional steel sample No. 11. Particularly, the steel sample Nos. 1 and 3 of the invention show a 10'-hour rupture strength of 16 Kg/mm 2 which is about 4 Kg/mm 2 higher than that (about 12 Kg/mm 2 ) of the conventional steel sample No. 11.
  • Table 3 shows the properties of the steels of the invention in comparison with those of the Cr-Mo-V cast steel which is used widely as a steam turbine casing material. It will be seen that the steels of the invention show creep rupture strength of 8 Kg/mm 2 or greater at 650°C, which is higher than that shown by the conventional Cr-Mo-V cast steel at 566°C. In addition, the steels of the invention exhibit tensile strength at room temperature of 50 Kg/mm 2 or greater which is higher than that shown by the conventional Cr-Mo-V cast steel at room temperature.
  • the steel of the invention can be used satisfactorily as the material of the turbine casing of a super critical pressure steam turbine which operates with steam of extremely high temperature and pressure of 600 to 650°C and 350 Kg/cm 2 . It was also confirmed that the steel of the invention has a sufficiently high absorbed energy of an order of 10 Kgf-m or greater.
  • the Cr-Mo-V cast steel had a chemical composition (wt%) as shown in Table 4, and was subjected to a heat treatment having the steps of 9-hour heating at 1050°C, hardening by cooling at a rate of 400°C/hr, and 15-hour heating at 710°C followed by cooling in the furnace.
  • Table 3 the creep rupture strength of the Cr-Mo-V cast steel is shown to have a certain region of fluctuation with the minimum value of 7.7 Kg/mm 2 . The standard requires that the creep rupture strength does not fall short of this lower limit value.

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